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diff --git a/sites/www/faq.rst b/sites/www/faq.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a7e80014 --- /dev/null +++ b/sites/www/faq.rst @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +=================================== +Frequently Asked/Answered Questions +=================================== + +Which version should I use? I see multiple active releases. +=========================================================== + +Please see :ref:`the installation docs <release-lines>` which have an explicit +section about this topic. diff --git a/sites/www/index.rst b/sites/www/index.rst index 7fefedd2..cb3961ce 100644 --- a/sites/www/index.rst +++ b/sites/www/index.rst @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Welcome to Paramiko! ==================== -Paramiko is a Python (2.5+) implementation of the SSHv2 protocol [#]_, +Paramiko is a Python (2.6+, 3.3+) implementation of the SSHv2 protocol [#]_, providing both client and server functionality. While it leverages a Python C extension for low level cryptography (`PyCrypto <http://pycrypto.org>`_), Paramiko itself is a pure Python interface around SSH networking concepts. @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ usage and API documentation can be found at our code documentation site, .. toctree:: changelog + FAQs <faq> installing contributing contact diff --git a/sites/www/installing.rst b/sites/www/installing.rst index 3587949f..74c5c6e8 100644 --- a/sites/www/installing.rst +++ b/sites/www/installing.rst @@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ Installing ========== +.. _paramiko-itself: + Paramiko itself =============== @@ -14,50 +16,44 @@ via `pip <http://pip-installer.org>`_:: Users who want the bleeding edge can install the development version via ``pip install paramiko==dev``. -We currently support **Python 2.5/2.6/2.7**, with support for Python 3 coming -soon. Users on Python 2.4 or older are urged to upgrade. Paramiko *may* work on -Python 2.4 still, but there is no longer any support guarantee. +We currently support **Python 2.6, 2.7 and 3.3** (Python **3.2** should also +work but has a less-strong compatibility guarantee from us.) Users on Python +2.5 or older are urged to upgrade. Paramiko has two dependencies: the pure-Python ECDSA module `ecdsa`, and the PyCrypto C extension. `ecdsa` is easily installable from wherever you obtained Paramiko's package; PyCrypto may require more work. Read on for details. -PyCrypto -======== - -`PyCrypto <https://www.dlitz.net/software/pycrypto/>`_ provides the low-level -(C-based) encryption algorithms we need to implement the SSH protocol. There -are a couple gotchas associated with installing PyCrypto: its compatibility -with Python's package tools, and the fact that it is a C-based extension. +.. _release-lines: -.. _pycrypto-and-pip: +Release lines +------------- -Possible gotcha on older Python and/or pip versions ---------------------------------------------------- +Users desiring stability may wish to pin themselves to a specific release line +once they first start using Paramiko; to assist in this, we guarantee bugfixes +for at least the last 2-3 releases including the latest stable one. This currently means Paramiko **1.11** through **1.13**. -We strongly recommend using ``pip`` to as it is newer and generally better than -``easy_install``. However, a combination of bugs in specific (now rather old) -versions of Python, ``pip`` and PyCrypto can prevent installation of PyCrypto. -Specifically: +If you're unsure which version to install, we have suggestions: -* Python = 2.5.x -* PyCrypto >= 2.1 (required for most modern versions of Paramiko) -* ``pip`` < 0.8.1 +* **Completely new users** should always default to the **latest stable + release** (as above, whatever is newest / whatever shows up with ``pip + install paramiko``.) +* **Users upgrading from a much older version** (e.g. the 1.7.x line) should + probably get the **oldest actively supported line** (see the paragraph above + this list for what that currently is.) +* **Everybody else** is hopefully already "on" a given version and can + carefully upgrade to whichever version they care to, when their release line + stops being supported. -When all three criteria are met, you may encounter ``No such file or -directory`` IOErrors when trying to ``pip install paramiko`` or ``pip install -PyCrypto``. -The fix is to make sure at least one of the above criteria is not met, by doing -the following (in order of preference): - -* Upgrade to ``pip`` 0.8.1 or above, e.g. by running ``pip install -U pip``. -* Upgrade to Python 2.6 or above. -* Downgrade to Paramiko 1.7.6 or 1.7.7, which do not require PyCrypto >= 2.1, - and install PyCrypto 2.0.1 (the oldest version on PyPI which works with - Paramiko 1.7.6/1.7.7) +PyCrypto +======== +`PyCrypto <https://www.dlitz.net/software/pycrypto/>`_ provides the low-level +(C-based) encryption algorithms we need to implement the SSH protocol. There +are a couple gotchas associated with installing PyCrypto: its compatibility +with Python's package tools, and the fact that it is a C-based extension. C extension ----------- |